Regular ArticleEducational Attainment and Coronary Heart Disease Risk: The Framingham Offspring Study
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Education modulates the association of the FTO rs9939609 polymorphism with body mass index and obesity risk in the Mediterranean population
2012, Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular DiseasesCitation Excerpt :Within the complex etiology of cardiovascular diseases and obesity, it has long been known that lower educational level is a shared risk factor [1–3].
Prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease by socio-economic status among the elderly from Mediterranean islands: the MEDIS study
2008, CVD Prevention and ControlCitation Excerpt :This was attributed mainly to the increased prevalence of the common CVD risk factors in individuals with higher education and income. However, after the middle of the 20th century this gradually changed, especially in westernised countries, so that, currently, CVD is more common in the lower SES groups [4,5]. People with lower SES tend to adopt unhealthier behaviours, such as smoking, unhealthy dietary habits, and seem to have a worsened psychological profile and an increased prevalence of the common CVD risk factors, i.e. hypertension, hypercholesterolemia and diabetes.
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